Nev. governor sued for allegedly threatening rape

[inanna]

Source: AP

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons was sued in federal court by a woman who claimed he made advances and threatened to rape her after having drinks at a Las Vegas restaurant just before the 2006 election.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Nevada by an attorney for Chrissy Mazzeo accuses Gibbons of battery, false imprisonment and second-degree kidnapping, as well as lying about the incident later.

The first-term Republican governor has denied any wrongdoing. The lawsuit comes two years and one day after the alleged incident.

Mazzeo, 34, who worked as a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas and has since moved to Southern California, alleged that Gibbons pushed her against a wall in a parking garage and propositioned her for sex not far from the restaurant where the two had been drinking with a group on the night of Oct. 13, 2006.


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[wake.up.america]

1. I hope this is not true -

[DRoseDARs]

3. As a Nevadan, I hope it IS true. This slimball Gibbons already dodged this once.

Jim Gibbons is scum, through and through.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Gibbons

[enlightenment]

5. My sentiments exactly.

I sure as hell didn't vote for that weasel.

[truthisfreedom]

2. If it is true, score another one for Republican family values.

They just don't seem to be able to handle having normal social relations.

[Democat]

4. Republican values? This should be a bigger story than paying off a mistress!

Let's see if this gets the coverage of the other story.

[WriteDown]

6. Should be easy to verify...

There are cameras everywhere in Vegas.